Last week in San Francisco, dozens of data scientists from tech companies, governments, and nonprofits gathered to start drafting a data science code of ethics. The general feeling is that it’s about time that the people with powers of statistical analysis woke up to their power, and used it for the greater good. This article by Tom Simonite at Wired explores the effort and why everyone's not on-board.
A great idea although I'm not sure how it could be policed or enforced. Certainly there is no reason why you couldn't use your free time to use public data to work on something for the greater good. There are lots of sources of free data, plus you might find a competition on Kaggle that fits the bill and gives you some kudos for entering too.
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